My 2 cents on the new Camaro...gotta say it

[Huxsol81]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

I have a question, will the public ever get to see different variations of the 5th Gen Concept? As a GM enthusiast, I know many different variations were sketched and/or modeled as the NAIAS concept was being developed. I'm guessing what we see is the culmination of all the ideas throughout the design process and that there are/were design ideas that range from out of this world to versions that are almost a complete knockoffs of a 69 Camaro.

Wouldn't it have been cool if the General brought a few different versions of the 5th Gen Concept to the NAIAS and we got to vote on what we wanted most? I realize getting enthusiasts that range in ages from their teens to their 80's and that getting them (us) to agree on which one would be like trying to set the thermostat in a room full of women (it's never right! lol).

Anyways, just some honest thoughts coming from a Camaro and GM fan. Long live the Camaro.

I agree Scott, I would love to see all of the different variations and sketches prior to the unvieling at the NAIAS show.

[Doug Harden]

GREAT video on the making of the car....

http://www.frontiernet.net/~face440/...ocumentary.asf

[69MyWay]

Originally Posted by Doug Harden

GREAT video on the making of the car....

http://www.frontiernet.net/~face440/...ocumentary.asf

That settles the debate once and for all. My 22 month old son was just sitting on my lap watching the video. Unproked, unqueued, unprompted, he started making engine racing sounds and growling noises while pointing at the computer screen when the full shots of the car flashed across!

Done deal guys...the next generation has voted on the next generation Camaro. Or I guess you can look at it this way. If they still sell gas 16 years from now, he and I might be re-working a 2009 Camaro for his beater car.

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by Doug Harden

GREAT video on the making of the car....

Nice find, I hadn't seen that.

[J-Rod]

Charley, and anyone else that had the pleasure of seeing it in person...

Did the camaro seem massive to you? It sure did to me. I stood next to the red one at the LA auto show and it seemed huge! I mean, it's a little chunk in front, but man...

Large.

Either way....

http://jcald.com/pics/laautoshow/2006/?fidx=93

That looks f'n MEAN.

[3SuperSports]

I was dissapointed. I thought they should either go retro or move on. Maybe this one will grow on me and maybe not. Not having seen it in person makes a difference too, but I can't help but feel like this one is straddling the fence too much, hoping to appeal to the people clammering for retro and those who wanted something modern with styling cues, much like the Vette has always managed to do.

[Doug Harden]

Originally Posted by J-Rod

Charley, and anyone else that had the pleasure of seeing it in person...

Did the camaro seem massive to you? It sure did to me. I stood next to the red one at the LA auto show and it seemed huge! I mean, it's a little chunk in front, but man...

Large.

Either way....

http://jcald.com/pics/laautoshow/2006/?fidx=93

That looks f'n MEAN.

It probably was your vantage point with the car up on the turnstyle.

It's actually smaller than a current Mustang and waaay smaller than the pig of the new Challenger.

It is wide though...but I stood right up against it and walked around it...it's just about perfect as far as I'm concerned.

[J-Rod]

Originally Posted by Doug Harden

It probably was your vantage point with the car up on the turnstyle.

It's actually smaller than a current Mustang and waaay smaller than the pig of the new Challenger.

It is wide though...but I stood right up against it and walked around it...it's just about perfect as far as I'm concerned.

Nah, the rotating platform was broken later on in the evening. When it wasnt rotating, I hopped up onto the platform to take a look in the windows. Well worth the scolding I got for it, haha. At 6'-4" it still seemed a bit beefy....not 4000lb challenger beefy tho.

[Smack_talker]

I have seen on some Camaro boards that people have said its too wide and would not fit on trailers. I hope the car changes some before it sees production. I'm not crazy about the back of the car and those funky taillights.Oh yeah..get rid of the "Knight Rider" thingy on the header panel.

[61Bubbletop]

I saw them at the show yesterday, and the Camaro looked pretty much like would expect dimensionally I think the rear "haunches" give the appearance that the rear is wider than it really is, but I was taken back by how HUGE the Challenger was...Chrysler really needs to come up with a new platform for that car...trying to fit 2-door pony car car clothing onto a 4-door large car chassis just doesn't work, I believe it is north of 4100# as well...Call me a homer, but when when I was there, there were several people around the Challenger, but they were 4 deep around the Camaro.....

The vehicle that people should be talking about is the Buick Enclave...beautiful...and is a sign that GM design is headed back in the right direction.....these are the cars that will actually MAKE money for GM....